Occurrences
ʻeglâh occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (1)
- Genesis 15:9 — And he said unto him, Take me an heifer (עֶגְלָ֣ה) of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
- Deuteronomy 21:4 — And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer (הָֽעֶגְלָה֙) unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
- Deuteronomy 21:4 — And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s (הָעֶגְלָ֖ה) neck there in the valley:
- Deuteronomy 21:6 — And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer (הָעֶגְלָ֖ה) that is beheaded in the valley:
- Judges 14:18 — And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer (בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י), ye had not found out my riddle.
- Isaiah 7:21 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow (עֶגְלַ֥ת), and two sheep;
- Jeremiah 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer (עֶגְלָ֥ה), but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
- Jeremiah 50:11 — Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer (כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה) at grass, and bellow as bulls;
- Hosea 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves (לְעֶגְלוֹת֙) of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.